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al-Sughd

السغد

al-Sughd, the Transoxanian land whose greatest city is Samarqand; its folk joined the Turks, Kish and Nasaf against Sa'id ibn Uthman at a hundred and twenty thousand, broken before Bukhara.

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Al-Sughd is the land beyond the river (Transoxiana), and its greatest city is Samarqand. Its people came with the Turks and the people of Kush and Nasaf to Sa'id ibn Uthman, with a hundred and twenty thousand men. They met near Bukhara and were defeated, according to al-Baladhuri. 1

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al-Jarashi and the Sughd Fortresses

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Sa'id ibn Amr al-Jarashi· al-Jarashi and the Sughd Fortresses

Sources

  1. Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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Sa'id ibn Amr al-Jarashi

Sa'id ibn Amr al-Jarashi; over Khurasan he disavowed his katib's solecisms — 'the amir is innocent of this lahn' — then, Sughd refusing, marched till twelve thousand defected to him and he opened most of its fortresses.